note 4100 modified in ref.sybase by irc-html

Poor documentation on sybase support!! Here's how I made it work... First get the linux ASE from sybase (maybe the ctlibs provided at php.net will do fine, too) Install the ASE rpm. (some distributions don't have system libs etc in the rpm database so you might get some dependency errors. If your systems fits the requirements install with "ignore dependencies") Recompile php with option --with-sybase-ct=/dirtoyoursybasehome. Then you need to set the env variable for (at least)your apache user by export SYBASE=/dirtoyoursybasehome. Now you need to set up your servers (like DSNs for ODBC). Edit the file $SYBASE/interfaces and add your server entries: SERVERNAME query tcp ether 172.16.1.4 4100 master tcp ether 172.16.1.4 4100 (change IP/FQHN and port to your setup) Now you can check your config by using $SYBASE/bin/isql -S SERVERNAME -U DBUSER -P PASSWD If you get a prompt you have connected to your sybase! Hurray! Now you can try with php $db=sybase_connect("SERVERNAME","DBUSER","DBPASSWD"); And... Voila! --was-- Poor documentation on sybase support!! Here's how I made it work... First get the linux ASE from sybase (maybe the ctlibs provided at php.net will do fine, too) Install the ASE rpm. (some distributions don't have system libs etc in the rpm database so you might get some dependency errors. If your systems fits the requirements install with "ignore dependencies") Recompile php with option <PRE>--with-sybase-ct=/dirtoyoursybasehome</PRE>. Then you need to set the env variable for (at least)your apache user by <PRE>export SYBASE=/dirtoyoursybasehome</PRE>. Now you need to set up your servers (like DSNs for ODBC). Edit the file $SYBASE/interfaces and add your server entries: <PRE> SERVERNAME query tcp ether 172.16.1.4 4100 master tcp ether 172.16.1.4 4100 </PRE> (change IP/FQHN and port to your setup) Now you can check your config by using <PRE>$SYBASE/bin/isql -S SERVERNAME -U DBUSER -P PASSWD</PRE> If you get a prompt you have connected to your sybase! Hurray! Now you can try with php <PRE>$db=sybase_connect("SERVERNAME","DBUSER","DBPASSWD");</PRE> And... Voila! http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.sybase.php